Improvement in corn-planters



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No. 210,225; Patented- Nov. 26, 1878.

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Wnewes PELERS PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

GEORGE M. TITUS, OFROGK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,225, dated November26, 1878; application filed July 7, 1876.

- the ton gue-frame, of side bars attached to the rear end of thetongue, to which and to the axle is pivoted a lever provided withstirrups, working between perforated segments, operated by the driverfrom his seat, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal side view of myimproved cornplanter. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A represents the forward frame,carrying the'runners or furrowers A, the tongue T, and the plantingmechanism, which consists of the hoppers I, having for their bottoms thevertical wheels 8, journaled in the sides of the hopper, seed-conductingtubes B, communicating" with the hoppers, and provided with the flatplate 0, journaled in the sides of the conducting-tubes B, forming avalve, and operated by the cranks k k, connected together by the pitmanD, the whole operated by the lever F. The vertical wheel 8, forming thebottom of the wedge-shaped hopper, is provided with a series of pocketsor openings for the reception of the corn, which is discharged by theoperating mechanism upon the plate a, where it remains until ready to bedeposited, when it is dis-' charged intermittently by the mechanismheretofore described. To plant two rows of corn at the same time, twohoppers with the same mechanism are employed, connected by theconmeeting-rod E, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The letter H represents'the rear frame, attachedat its middle to theaxle L, and pivoted at its front end to the rear part of the tongueframeby means of the shackle a, as shown. To the rear end of the tongue arefirmly secured the side bars N N, between the rear ends of which ispivoted the lever Y by the bolt 1'. This lever is fulcrumed in the chairr by the bolt b, and is also provided, at its rear end, with stirrups p.The lever Y, in its oscillation, passes between two segments, J, in theperforations of which is inserted a pin, where desired to limit theupward play of the lever. The rear frame, H, is provided with acentrally upward inclined'bar, P, on the outer end of which is arrangedthe drivers seat m. This inclined bar P is supported at its outer end bythe segments J.

The depth of the furrow is varied as follows: The driver being straddleof his seat, with his feet on the stirrups, if it is desired to deepenthe furrow, the driver throws his weight upon the stirrups, lowering therear end of the lever Y, which raises the rear end of the ton gueframeand its runners and forces the front ends of the runners into the soilto form deeper furrows.

What I claim as my invention is- In a seed-planter, the combination,withthe tongue and its side bars N N, of thelever Y, having stirrups p,and pivoted to the axleand to bars N, perforated segments J J, with astop-pin, and seat m, substantially as and for the purpose set fortGEORGE M. TITUS.

Attest V. S. FERGUSON, O. N. MUNsoN.

